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Osman Sert

Osman Sert is Research Director at Ankara Institute, Turkey. As a journalist he covered the economy, Prime Minister’s office and diplomacy. He was diplomatic reporter for Kanal 7, diplomatic editor at CNN Turk and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of TRT. He served as advisor of Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Turkey (2014-2016).

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We live in turbulent times, with international pendulums made up of states, organisations and major NGOs swinging in close proximity; near misses, blocks and crashes are inevitable. Turkey’s relations...